I'm all about high standards and high expectations, but I'm also about practicality and reality.

I think expectations might be preceding reality, ... In the long run we've got some real opportunity here, but we've come a long way too quickly. We may need to ratchet it back a little and set a new foundation to grow for the rest of the year, but continuing at this pace is going to be difficult.

There were two ways to be happy: improve your reality, or lower your expectations

A distressing gap exists between the public's expectations for retirement and the reality.

I think it's exceeded all our expectations.

The quarter came in a penny better than expectations. I think they answered a lot of skeptics' questions regarding cash flow, and that was put to rest.